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KYLD vs PBP: which paid, and which earned it?

KYLD and PBP both write options for income.

Kurv High Income ETF and Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF.

20.9%KYLD cash paid, 1 year
11.8%PBP cash paid, 1 year
+2.0%KYLD total return, 1 year
+18.5%PBP total return, 1 year
KYLD10.9 pts behind SPY · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+12.9%KYLD+2.0%10.9 pts behind SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+12.9%KYLD+2.0%10.9 pts behind SPY
PBP1.9 pts ahead of SPY · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
SPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% of it arrived as cash1.9 pts ahead of SPYTotal return, distributions reinvestedSPY+16.6%PBP+18.5%11.8% cash1.9 pts ahead of SPY

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, KYLD and PBP hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions KYLD and PBP both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingKYLDPBP
Broadcom Inc5.17%2.57%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc6.21%1.39%
Intel Corp6.19%0.81%
Robinhood Markets Inc3.81%0.14%
Howmet Aerospace Inc5.97%0.14%
AppLovin Corp5.32%0.13%
Teradyne Inc5.77%0.09%
Vistra Corp4.71%0.07%
Reddit Inc4.15%0.03%
Only in each
Only in KYLDOnly in PBP
TREASURY BILL 12.96%NVIDIA Corp 8.18%
TREASURY BILL 11.01%Apple Inc 7.50%
Global X Silver Miners ETF 7.09%Microsoft Corp 5.57%
VanEck Gold Miners ETF/USA 6.38%Amazon.com Inc 3.77%
BWX Technologies Inc 5.38%Alphabet Inc 3.11%
Shopify Inc 3.43%Alphabet Inc 2.47%
Hims & Hers Health Inc 3.19%Meta Platforms Inc 2.22%
Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 3.00%Micron Technology Inc 1.74%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

KYLD and PBP over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnCash paidAgainst the benchmark
KYLDPBPKYLDPBPKYLDPBP
3 months−6.3%+5.0%5.6%2.8%−8.5 pts+2.7 pts
6 months+24.4%+13.0%14.1%5.7%+6.4 pts−5.0 pts
1 yearnot published+18.5%not published11.8%not published+1.9 pts
3 yearsnot published+46.1%not published31.8%not published−32.3 pts
Since launch+2.0%+199.0%20.9%101.2%−10.9 pts−604.5 pts
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KYLD and PBP on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
KYLD
Kurv High Income ETF
Option income on SPY, paying weekly
PBP
Invesco S&P 500 BuyWrite ETF
Covered call on SPY, paying monthly
IssuerKurvInvesco
Strategyoption incomecovered call
BenchmarkS&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxyS&P 500 (SPY)
Paysweeklymonthly
Payout rate, annualized25.6%11.3%
Expense ratio1.00%0.29%
Cash paid, 1 year20.9% (since launch on Oct 31, 2025)11.8%
Price change, 1 year−20.5%+5.5%
Total return, 1 year+2.0% (since launch on Oct 31, 2025)+18.5%
Benchmark return, 1 year+12.9%+16.6%
Ahead or behind−10.9 pts+1.9 pts
Return of capital, latest estimate100%not published
Age322 days6101 days
Net assets$49m$386m

KYLD in plain words

Over the period since launch on Oct 31, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026, KYLD paid 20.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 20.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +2.0%. S&P 500 (SPY), used as a default proxy returned +12.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 10.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 25.6%, paid weekly. Kurv estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Sep 3, 2026 was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterization rather than a measure of erosion).

PBP in plain words

Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, PBP paid 11.8% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price rose 5.5%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +18.5%. S&P 500 (SPY) returned +16.6% over the same days, so a holder was ahead by 1.9 pts. At its price on Sep 18, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 11.3%, paid monthly.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, KYLD or PBP?
KYLD charges 1.00% a year and PBP charges 0.29%, so PBP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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KYLD against PBP, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, KYLD against PBP, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/income/kyld-vs-pbp Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources